Tezzie Howell
Posted: September 30, 2012
PLANO, Texas — Tezzie Lou Howell, 90, died Sept. 26, 2012. Services were Friday at 2 p.m. at Liberty Freewill Baptist Church with Chuck Howell officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery in Vernon, Ala. Chandler Funeral Home of Vernon was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Howell was born Feb. 19, 1922, in Lamar County, Ala., to the late Hardie and Mary Butler. She was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Thomas Howell; brothers, Willis Butler, Ernest Butler, Curtis Butler and Elmer Butler; and sister, Beulah Cargile. She is survived by her daughters, Theresa Howell of Plano, and Elizabeth Light of Tyler, Texas; son, Mark Howell of Farmersville, Texas; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were Thurston Butler, Jerry Butler, James Butler, Cameron Varnan, Matthew Lightfoot and Sidney Butler.